# How many obese actors have shed huge amounts of weight?

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**Created:** [April 8, 2014, 8:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622 "2014-04-08T08:28:33Z")\
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**Post date:** [April 8, 2014, 1:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/how-many-obese-actors-have-shed-huge-amounts-of-weight/685622/20 "2014-04-08T13:19:31Z")

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> [@Charlie\_Wayne](#):
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> I was very surprised today when I watched American History X and recognized a hugely obese man who played the character Seth. I seemed to recognize him as the friend to the lead character in the movie Blow named Tuna.
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> Turns out this actor’s name is Ethan Suplee and when I looked him up on IMDB, I was shocked to see that he has lost about 200 pounds. Just take a look at his following picture:
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> [Ethan Suplee - IMDb](http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0839486)

This was referred to in an episode of Raising Hope three years ago. Ethan Suplee was a guest star and this happened, as noted by me in a thread about the show:

> [@any love here for "Raising Hope" - besides mine?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/any-love-here-for-raising-hope-besides-mine/605411/26):
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> “And your husband looks like a thin version of the fat guy from Mallrats!”
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> That just cracked me up as, let’s face it, half the people watching it were thinking “crap, he’s lost weight”.

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